Mooney M20R - Horizontal Stabilizer

MOONEY
AIRCRAFT
CORPORATION
M20R
SERVICE
AND
MAINTENANCE
MANUAL
55-00-00
GENERAL
(6)
at center
section. Rear
spar
(7)
is
an
extrusion,
at-
taching
to
aft
end of
ribs,
and contains
hinge fittings
(8)
The M20R
empennage
assembly
is
a
variable
incidence
for the
elevators.
tail-plane
consisting
of
a
horizontal and vertical stabi-
The
ribs
(9)
are
assembled
in
sections
to
the front and
lizer built
as a
unit.
(Refer
to
Chapter
53
for attachment
rear
face of each
spar
assembly
to
form the air foil.
of
empennage
to
fuselage.)
Stretch-formed
skins
(10)
are
fastened
to
ribs,
spars
The
horizontal
and vertical
stabilizer
are
constructed of
and
doublers to
form
complete
horizontal stabilizer
formed sheet metal ribs
attached
to
a
forward
andaft
structure.
spar
assembly
covered
with stretch-formed skins. The
The aft vertical
fin
spar
(11)
is attached
to
harizo-t~l
horizontal
stabilizer has
a
stub
spar
that
spans
a
por-
stabilizer
structure
through
bracket
(12)
which is
fas-
tion of
stabilizer.
tened
securely
to
stabilizer
rear
spar
assembly
(.7).
The elevator and
rudder
are
constructed
from
an ex-
(Figure 55-1).
truded
leading
edge
spar
assembly
covered
with
stretch-formed
skins.
The elevators have
a
fixed
tab be-
55-10-01
HORIZONTAL STABILIZER
tween
skins that
run
full
length
of
trailing edge.
REMOVBL
The
elevators
and rudder
have balance
weights
per-
The
fairing
located
on
tailcone,
covering
gap
between
manently
installed for stabilization
during
flight,
tailcone
and
empennage
assembly,
will
require
removal
55-10-08
HORIZONTAL STABILIZER
to
gain
access
to
empennage
attaching
hardware.
Sec-
tion
53-40-02
describes
attaching points
for
empen-
The main
spar
assembly
(1) (Fig. 55-1)
is
formed from
nage
assembly.
Refer
to this section
for the
removal of
aluminum
sheet into
a
channel.
Angle
doublers
(2,
3
empennage
assembly
from
airplane.
and
4)
are
formed
and
riveted
to
main
spar
(1)
through
spar
web
section.
Stub
spar
(5)
is
a
channel
formed
from
aluminum
sheet
reinforced
with
a
joggled
channel
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HORIZONTAL
STABILIZER
FIGLPRE
55-1
55-00-00
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